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Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Leader Fayulu Returns to Push for Early Elections
East African, 24 August 2020
DR Congo's opposition leader Martin Fayulu on Saturday returned to the country, after six months in Europe and the United States, to demand for an early election in the country. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: President Felix Tshisekedi Moves Closer to the U.S.
DW, 22 August 2020
A new military agreement has underscored a budding friendship between the US and DR Congo, alongside speculation about the establishment of a US command center. But experts say… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Troika Talks DR Congo
Botswana Daily News, 5 August 2020
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi participating in a virtual SADC Organ Troika Summit at the State House in Gaborone yesterday. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Troika Passes Resolutions On DR Congo
Botswana Daily News, 6 August 2020
Wednesday's organ troika summit has resolved to communicate with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission that SADC would be comfortable with maintaining its Force… Read more »
DR Congo Opposition Leader Pushes for Early Elections
Opposition leader Martin Fayulu, who ran in the 2018 presidential election, has written to the African Union proposing two solutions to end the electoral situation in the country, one being that the continental body oversees a vote recount in Kinshasa, the other demanding an early election. Meanwhile, the Tshisekedi administration is moving closer to the United States.
InFocus
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The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected a challenge to last month's presidential election results. The high court said early on Sunday that ... Read more »
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The selection of little known Martin Fayulu as the the opposition's single candidate sparked outrage from the grassroots, forcing the more popular Felix Tshisekedi to pull out of ... Read more »
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The African Union has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to suspend the release of the final results of its disputed presidential election . The AU's call came after a ... Read more »
